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Rock Presents,2011
January to JuneWelcome
to the club rock stars are dying to get into. Rock and Roll may never die
but rock stars do! This site is a list of dead rock singers and musicians,
dead people associated with rock and dead people whose music helped influence
and create rock (which I feel includes Jazz and Country artists), sorted
by the date of their demise. This is a tribute to them.LONG
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Keith Lowde - Died 1-?-2011 - Drowned
after his boat over turned in the Thames - He was 66 years old - Music
manager - Was a deputy chairman of The Music Copyright Protection Society,
directed The National Music Festival For The Department Of Culture, Media
And Sport and was a a tutor at The Academy Of Contemporary Music.

Tavo Kupinski (Gustavo Kupinski)- Died
1-4-2011 in Buenos Aires, Argentina - Car accident which also killed his
wife ( Rock ) He was 36 years old - Guitarist - Was a member of Los
Piojos (They did, "Civilizacion" and "Pacifico").

Grady
Chapman - Died 1-4-2011 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Congestive heart
failure ( R&B ) Born 10-1-1929 in Greenville, SC, U.S. - Singer - Led
Grady Chapman And The Suedes (They did, "Don't Blooper") - Was a member
of The Robins
(They did, "My Heart's The Biggest Fool" and "How Would You Know") - Worked
with Grady Chapman's Coasters, The Bobby Nunn Tribute Coasters Group, The
Word Famous Coasters and The Fabulous Coasters.

Jeff Jacobs (Jeffrey James Jacobs)
- Died 1-4-2011 in Onekama, MI, U.S. ( Spaghetti Western Jazz ) Born 8-27-1969
n Columbus, OH, U.S. - Played trumpet and keyboards - Was a member of The
Drift (They did, "Invisible Cities" and "Uncanny Valley").

Yamashita Keijiro - Died 1-5-2011 in
Tokyo, Japan - Bile duct cancer ( Rockabilly - Rock ) He was 71 years old
- Born in Tokyo, Japan - Singer - Was a member of The Sons Of Drifters
and Rockabilly Sannin Otoko (The did versions of, "Diana" and "Mean Woman
Blues").

Craig Balzer - Died 1-7-2011 - Cancer
( Rock ) Born 4-14-1949 - Guitarist and singer - Was a member of Circus
(They did, "Stop Wait And Listen"), Ambleside, American Noise (They did,
"Anyone With A Heart" and "Out On The Street") and December's Children.

Yue Lei - Died 1-8-2011 in Malacca -
Nose cancer - He was 50 years old - Singer.

Oscar Lawson (Oscar L. Lawson) - Died
1-8-2011 - After a series of strokes and head injury ( Doo-Wop )
Born 9-2-1937 - Singer - Was a member of The Young Ones who became The
Royal Jesters (They did, "Wisdom Of A Fool," and "Gee Whiz").

Steve
Mancha (Clyde Darnell Wilson) - Died 1-8-2011 in Detroit, Michigan,
U.S. - Illness ( Soul ) Born 12-25-1945 in Walhall, South Carolina, U.S.
- Singer - (He did, "Just Too Much To Hope For" and "Did My Baby Call?")
- Was a member of 100
Proof Aged In Soul (They did, "One Man's Leftovers (Is Another Man's
Feast)" and "I Rather Fight Than Switch") - Worked with The Holidays ("I'll
Love You Forever"), The Jaywalkers and The
8th Day ("She's Not Just Another Woman").

Pat Moran - Died 1-8-2011 - Cancer (
Rock ) He was 63 years old - Singer, keyboardist, sound engineer and producer
- Was a member of Spring
(They did, "Song To Absent Friends" and "A Word Full Of Whispers") - Worked
with Robert Plant, Iggy Pop, Hawkwind, Big Country, Edie Brickell And The
New Bohemians, Rush and Queen.

Paul Ashford - Died 1-10-2011 ( Rock
- R&B ) He was 61 years old - Bassist - (He wrote, "Jenny" and "The
Last Resort") - Led The Paul Ashford Band - Was a member of Stepaside
and The Chosen Few - Worked with The Sharks, Paul Brady, Ronnie Drew, Mark
Knopfler and The Miami Showband.

Tommy
Crain - Died 1-12-2011 in Franklin, TN, U.S. ( Country Rock ) Born
1-16-1941 in Nashville, TN, U.S. - Played guitar and banjo - Worked with
The Flat Creek Band, Buckeye, The
Charlie Daniels Band (They did, "The Devil Went Down To Georgia" and
"Cumberland Mountain Number Nine") and The
Crosstown Allstars.

Clark
Guettel - Died 1-12-2011 ( Jazz - Rock - Blues - Country ) Born 1949
- Played guitar, saxophone, bass, piano, banjo and accordion and was a
creator of blown
glass - Led Clark And The Sharks - Was a member of The Wilno Express.

Alex Kirst - Died 1-13-2011 in Cathedral
City, CA, U.S. - Hit by a car in a hit-and-run ( Rock ) Born 1963
in Canada - Drummer - Was a member of The
Nymphs (They did, "Death Of A Scenester" and "The Highway") and The
Trolls - Worked with Iggy
Pop ("Ugliness" and "Beat 'Em Up")

George Ogg - Died 1-14-2011 - Non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma ( Jazz ) He was 56 years old - Guitarist - Worked with Eric Clancy.

Trish Keenan - Died 1-14-2011 - Pneumonia
( Electronic Rock ) She was 42 years old - Singer - Was a member of Broadcast
(They did, "Before We Begin" and "Papercuts").

Harvey
James - Died 1-15-2011 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Lung cancer
( Rock ) Born 9-20-1952 - Guitarist - Was a member of The
Party Boys and Sherbet
(They did, "Howzat") - Worked with Mississippi, Ariel
and The Little River Band.

John Leicester III - Died 1-15-2011
in Pacific Palisades - Born 1923 in San Francisco, CA, U.S. - Singer -
Worked with The Jouyssance Early Music Ensemble.

Steve
Prestwich - Died 1-16-2011 ( Rock ) Born 3-5-1954 in Liverpool, England
- Drummer, singer and guitarist - (He did, "Something Caught My Eye" and
"Trouble Free") - Was a member of Sandy and Orange who became Cold
Chisel (They did, "When The War Is Over" and "Forever Now") - Worked
with The Little River Band.

Charlie Scott - Died 1-18-2011 in Cortlandt
Manor, NY, U.S. ( Blues ) Cardiac arrest - He was 59 years old - Born in
Peekskill, NY, U.S. - Guitarist - Worked with Eric Haight, Tom Dudley,
Gary Schwartz and Anthony Candullo.

Greg Johnson (Gregory Johnson) - Died
1-20-2011 in Harrisburg - Hit by a car ( R&B ) He was 58 years old
- Keyboardist and singer - Worked with The
Stan Middleton Band and Joe Cocker (On his Unchain
My Heart album).

Brendan Majewski - Died 1-20-2011 in
New York, U.S. ( Rock ) He was 37 years old - Bassist and singer - Was
a member of Quix*o*tic
(They did, "Breeze" and "Anonymous Face") and Orphan
(They did, "Taco Truck Snackery" and "Love Is For The Birds").

Johnny Cruz (Juan Jose Cruz) - Died
1-21-2011 in Lubbock, Texas, U.S. - Born 8-30-1955 in Corsicana, Texas,
U.S. - Musician - Worked wih Conjunto Ambicion, The Latin Souls, The Hub
City Band and Cervantez And Company.

Lamar
Fike - Died 1-21-2011 in Arlington, Texas, U.S. - Lymphoma - Born 11-11-1935
in Cleveland, Mississippi, U.S. - Was a member of Elvis Presley's Memphis
Mafia - Was an assistant to record producer and label executive Jimmy
Bowen and a tour manager for Elvis Presley and Brenda Lee - Co-authored
the book, Elvis And The Memphis Mafia.

Robert Rozelle (Robert Vernon Rozelle)
- Died 1-22-2011 - After a car accident ( Rock ) Played bass - Worked with
Love
(They did, "Ninety Miles Away" and "Which Witch Is Which?").

Louis Roxborough (aka Chelum and Bassie)
- Died 1-25-2011 in Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica ( Reggae ) He was 52 years
old - Bassist - Was a member of Indika Band.

Buddy
Charleton (Elmer Lee Charleton) (aka The Big C) - Died 1-25-2011 in
Locust, VA, U.S. ( Country ) Born 3-6-1938 in New Market VA, U.S. - Pedal
steel guitarist and bassist - Was a member of The Texas Troubadours - Worked
with Patsy Cline's Kountry Krackers and Loretta Lynn - International
Steel Guitar Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Gladys
Horton - Died 1-26-2011 in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, CA, U.S. ( R&B
- Soul ) Born 1944 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. - Singer - Was a member of
Casinyets who became The
Marvelettes (They did, "Please Mr. Postman" and "Beechwood 4-5789").

Henrik
Ostergaard - Died 1-27-2011 - Natural causes ( Rock ) He was 47 years
old - Born in Denmark - Singer and guitarist - Was a member of Crossfire
and Dirty Looks
(They did, "Oh, Ruby" and "If The World Stopped Spinning) - Worked with
Rumbledog, Taar and Burning Orange.

Tony DiPardo - Mr. Music of Kansas
City - Died 1-27-2011 - He was 98 years old - Trumpeter and bandleader
- (He did, "Daddyís Got Woo Woo In His Eyes" and "Dark Eyes") - Workd with
The Irving Rose Orchestra and The Joe Reichman Orchestra.

Martins Freimanis - Died 1-27-2011 in
Riga, Latvia - Complications of flu ( Rock - Pop ) Born 2-7-1977 in Liepaja,
Latvia - Singer and actor - Was a member of Tumsa
and F.L.Y. (They did, "Hello From Mars") - He played Edgars Petersons on
TV's, Neprata cena.

Ahmed
Basiony - Died 1-28-2011 in Cairo, Egypt during the anti government
demonstrations - Shot and run over by a car ( Electronic ) Born 2-6-1978
in Cairo, Egypt - Musician and visual artist.

Megan
McNeil - Died 1-28-2011 - Adrenal cancer - She was 20 years old - Born
in North Delta, British Columbia, Canada - Singer - (She did, "The Will
To Survive").

Ham Guerrero (Tony Guerrero) - Died
1-29-2011 in Austin, TX, U.S. - Complications from a heart attack induced
coma ( Jazz - Latin - Funk ) Born 2-20-1944 in San Angelo, TX, U.S. - Played
trumpet - Was a member of The
Tortilla Factory (They did, "Shamtime" and "Phone On Vibrate") - Worked
with Little Joe And The Latinaires - Tejano
Roots Hall Of Fame Inductee.

John
Barry (John Barry Prendergast) - Died 1-30-2011 in Glen Cove, NY, U.S.
- Born 11-3-1933 in York, Yorkshire, England - Composer and conductor -
Led The John Barry Orchestra (They did, "Beat For Beatniks" and "Never
Let Go") - Wrote music for films including 11 James Bond films, and for
Born
Free and Dances
With Wolves.

Leroy Harden Smith Jr. - Died 1-30-2011
- Born 12-4-1943, in Roanoke, VA, U.S. - Musician - Worked with The Roanoke
Band, Woodsmoke, The Roanoke River Boys, The Vikings and Coda.

Doc
Williams (Andrew John Smik Jr.) - Died 1-31-2011 in Wheeling,
West Virginia, U.S. ( Country ) Born 6-26-1914 in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- Singer - (He did, "Willie Roy The Crippled Boy" and "My Old Brown Coat
And Me") - Led Doc Williams And The Border Riders - Worked with The
Kansas Clodhoppers - Founded Wheeling Records - He was married to singer,
Chickie Williams.

Charles
Kaman (Charles H. Kaman) - Died 1-31-2011 in Bloomfield, Connecticut,
U.S. - Born 6-15-1919 - Founded Ovation Instruments that became the
Ovation Guitar Company which introduced one of the first production
solid body electric guitars, the Ovation Breadwinner, used by Jimmy Page,
Richie Sambora, John Lennon, Country Joe McDonald, Ray Davies, Robert Fripp,
Roger Waters, Nikki Sixx and Melissa Ethridge - He also founded Kaman Aircraft
Company, designing helicopters.

Sphiwe Khanyile - Died 2-2-2011 ( Gospel
) Singer - Was a member of Stars Of Tomorrow and Avante.

Vusi
Ximba - Died 2-2-2011 in Kwa Swayimane - Born in Mandeni - Played accordion
and was a singer and comedian - (He did, "Siyakudumisa" and "Hlonipha Abantwana")
- Worked with with Pastor Makitaza.

James "Chops" Jones (James Floyd Jones)
- Died 2-2-2011 ( Jazz ) He was 94 years old - Trumpeter and bassist -
Was a member of The Harold Ford Quartet.

Alex Napier (Miles Alexander Napier)
(aka Mr. Blue) - Died 2-3-2011 in Desoto, TX, U.S. - Liver cancer ( Rock
- R&B ) Born 9-27-1951 in Dallas, TX, U.S. - Bassist - Was a member
of The Leroi
Brothers - Worked with Charlie Sexton, Hook Herrera, Will Sexton and
The Cobras with Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Don Butler (Donald W. Butler Sr.) -
Died 2-3-2011 in Brentwood - Illness ( Gospel ) He was 80 years old - Singer
- Worked with The Statesmen, The Marksmen, The Ambassadors, The Revelaires
and The Sons Of Song - Gospel
Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Allen Smith (Frederick Allen Smith,
Sr.) - Died 2-3-2011 in San Francisco, CA, U.S. ( Jazz ) He was 85 years
old - Born in Midland, PA, U.S. - Trumpeter - Was a member of The Hellcats
Navy Band - Worked with Benny Goodman, Sammy Davis, Jr., Ella Fitzgerald,
Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett.

Barry Hampton (Barry Leroy Hampton)
- Died 2-4-2011 in Portland, OR, U.S. ( Soul - Rock - Funk ) Born 9-16-1968
in Baltimore, MD, U.S. - Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The Black
Key, The Clampdown
and Triple Grip
(They did, "Wisdom Sees" and "I Will Live").

Steve Cutler - Died 2-4-2011 in Stourton,
Stourbridge, Staffordshire, UK - His car was hit by a falling tree ( Rock
) He was 51 years old - Guitarist and singer - Was a member of The
Picture (They did, "Neverland" and "Men Of Steel").

Mary
Cleere Haran - Died 2-5-2011 in Deerfield Beach, FL, U.S. - Hit by
a car while riding her bike ( Cabaret ) Born 5-13-1952 in San Francisco,
CA, U.S. - Singer - Worked with Richard Rodney Bennett, Tedd Firth, Bill
Charlap, Don Rebic, Fred Hersch and Lee Musiker - Appeared in off Broadway's,
Manhattan Music and Heebie Jeebies - At one time married to writer and
director, Joe Gilford.

Evelyn Page - Died 2-6-2011 in Manhattan,
NY, U.S. - Natural causes - She was 90 years old - Born in Fremont, Nebraska,
U.S. - Singer and actress - She can be heard on the soundtrack recordings
for Hot September and Wonderful Town.

Neil Light (Neil H. Light) - Died 2-8-2011
in Ottawa Hills - Renal cancer ( Rock ) Born 9-23-1953 - Played piano and
guitar - Was a member of The Kirbys.

Phillip Griffin (Phillip Wayne Griffin)
- Died 2-8-2011 in Spartanburg, SC, U.S. - Born 2-17-1948 in Spartanburg,
SC, U.S. - Musician - Worked with Trik Alley, Limelight and The Palisades.

Joan Bonham - Died 2-9-2011 - Illness
- She was 81 years old - Singer - Was a member of The
Zimmers (They did remakes of, "Lust For Life" and "Fight For Your Right
(To Party)") - Mother of drummer, John
Bonham.

Harrison Dietrich (Harrison P. Dietrich)
- Died 2-9-2011 in Reading, PA, U.S. ( Country Rock ) He was 73 years old
- Born in Reading, PA, U.S. - Musician - Worked with Borderline.

Ray Bertsch (Raymond A. Bertsch) - Died
2-11-2011 in South Whitehall Township, PA, U.S. ( Polka ) Bassist and singer
- Born in North Whitehall Township, PA, U.S. - Was a member of The Walt
Groller Orchestra.

James
Phillips - Died 2-14-2011 - Cancer ( Swing ) He was 49 years old -
Saxophonist - Was a member of The
Cherry Poppin' Daddies (They did, "Pink Elephant" and "The Ding-Dong
Daddy Of The D-CarLine").

John
Strauss (John Leonard Strauss) - Died 2-14-2011 in West Los Angeles
- Parkinson's disease - Born 4-28-1920 in New York, U.S. - Composer and
pianist - (He wrote the theme for TV's, "The Phil Silvers Show" and co-wrote
the theme for, "Car 54, Where Are You?") - Produced the soundtrack for
the film Amadeus - Music editor for the films Bananas and The Blues Brothers
- He was at one time married to actress, Charlotte Rae.

Eddie Galvan - Died 2-15-2011 ( Jazz
) He was 83 years old - Played saxophone - Led The Eddie Galvan Orchestra
- Co-founded The Texas Jazz Festival - Was a president for The Texas Bandmasters
Association and a vice-president for The Texas Jazz Festival Society -
Texas Bandmasters Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Eddie Brandt - Died 2-20-2011 in North
Hollywood, CA, U.S. - Colon cancer - He was 89 years old - Born in Chicago,
Ill., U.S. - Pianist and cartoonist - Led Eddie Brandt And The Hollywood
Hicks - Worked with Spike Jones and Spade Cooley.

Willie Davis (ak Willie Pepper) - Died
2-20-2011 - Complications of Alzheimerís Disease ( Doo Wop - Gospel ) Born
10-30-1932 in Dallas, TX, U.S. - Singer - Was a member of The Santa Monica
Soul Seekers who became The
Cadets (They did, "Annie Met Henry" and "Stranded In The Jungle") and
The
Jacks (They did, "Why Donít You Write Me" and "So Wrong"), The Rocketeers
("My Reckless Heart"), The Peppers ("A Place In My Heart"), The Flares
("Foot Stompin'") and The Thor-Ables ("Our Love Song").

Graham Bean (Kenneth Howard Graham Bean)
- Died 2-21-2011 in St. Petersburg, FL. U.S. - He was 81 years old - Born
in Bermuda - Guitarist - Was a member of The Four Bees - Worked with Dizzie
Gilespie.

Rudy
Robbins (Rudy Warner Robbins) - Died 2-21-2011 ( Western ) Born 11-17-1933
in Evergreen, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, U.S. - Singer, actor and stuntman
- Was a member of The Spirit Of Texas.

Buster Magness (Gerald D. Magness) -
Died 2-22-2011 ( Country - Western Swing ) He was 87 years old - Played
steel guitar - Was a member of Johnnie Lee Wills & All The Boys (They
did, "The Band's A-Rockin") - Worked with Merl Lindsay and Colleen Carroll.

Jean
Dinning (Eugenia Dinning) - Died 2-22-2011 - Born 3-29-1924 in Enid,
Okla., U.S. - Singer - (She co-wrote her brother Mark
Dinning's, "Teen Angel") - She was one of The
Dinning Sisters (They did, "Once In A While" and "Buttons And Bows").

Beau Dollar (William Hargis Bowman Jr.)
(aka Bill Bowman) - Died 2-22-2011 in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. - Illness
- Born 4-21-1941 in Hamilton, Ohio, U.S. - He was 69 years old - Singer
and drummer - Led Beau Dollar & The Dapps - Worked with The Coins.

Darryl Morden - Died 2-25-2011 in Los
Angeles, CA, U.S. - Cancer - He was 52 years old - Music journalist - Wrote
for Buzzine,
Music Connection, Seventeen, Bam, Cashbox, Down Beat, Grammy Magazine and
CD Now.

Diane
Izzo - Died 2-25-2011 in New Mexico, U.S. - Cancer ( Folk ) She was
43 years old - Singer and guitarist - (She did, "One" and "Black &
Gold").

Suze
Rotolo (Susan Elizabeth Rotolo) - Died 2-25-2011 in Manhattan, NY,
U.S. - Lung cancer - Born 11-20-1943 in Queens, NY, U.S.- Appeared on the
album cover of The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan - She has been credited as the
inspiration for Bob Dylan's songs, "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright" and
"Boots Of Spanish Leather" - She wrote the book, A Freewheelin' Time: A
Memoir Of Greenwich Village In The Sixties - She was married to film editor,
Enzo Bartoccioli.

Rick
Coonce (Erik Michael Coonce) - Died 2-25-2011 in Canada ( Rock ) Born
8-1-1946 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Drummer - Was a member of The Beethovens
and The 13th Floor who became The
Grass Roots (They did, "Midnight Confessions" and "Wait A Million Years").

Mark
Tulin - Died 2-26-2011 ( Rock - Psychedelic ) Born 11-21-1948 - Bassist
- Was a member of The Electric
Prunes (They did, "I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night" and "Get Me
To The World On Time") - Worked with Billy Corgan in Spirits In The Sky,
The Backwards Clock Society and The Smashing Pumpkins.

Jane
Russell (Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell) - Died 2-28-2011 in Santa
Maria, CA, U.S. - Respiratory related illness - Born 6-21-1921 in Bemidji,
Minn., U.S. - Actress and singer - Was a member of The Four Girls (They
did, "Do Lord") - Worked with The Kay Kyser Orchestra (They did, "As Long
As I Live" and "Boin-n-n-ng!") and Frank Sinatra ("Kisses And Tears") -
Appeared in the films, His Kind Of Woman, The Paleface and Double Dynamite.

John Pickering (John Winton Pickering)
- Died 2-28-2011 in Houston,, TX, U.S. - Complications following a stroke
( Rock ) He was 77 years old - Singer - Was a member of The
Picks who overdubed harmony backup vocals for Buddy Holly And The Crickets
("Oh Boy" and "Maybe Baby") - New Mexico Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Monte Owens (Monteith P. Owens) - Died
3-3-2011 in the Bronx, New York, U.S. - Illness ( Doo-Wop ) Born 3-31-1936
- Guitarist and singer - Was a member of The
Mello-Moods (They did, "Where Are You" and "I Couldn't Sleep A Wink
Last Night") and The
Solitaires (They did,"Blue Valentine" and "Ghost Of A Chance") - Worked
with The Caverliers and Jimmy Castor.

Cato Walker (Cato T. Walker III) - Died
3-4-2011 - He was 61 years old - Saxophonist, manager and promoter - Worked
with Lou Rawls, The Bar-Kays and B.B. King - Ran the record label, Strick
9.

Mark Leslie Adams Sr. - Died 3-5-2011
in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. ( Funk ) He was 51 years old - Born in Dayton,
Ohio, U.S. - Bassist - Was a member of The Young Mystics, Black Satin Soul
and Slave (They
did, "Slide" and "Just A Touch Of Love").

Duane Nelson - Found dead 3-6-2011 -
He was 52 years old - He was the head of security for his brother Prince's
Paisley Park company and tours.

Bobby Phillips - Died 3-6-2011 ( Doo-Wop
) Singer - Was a member of The Carnations who became The
Cadillacs (They did, "Gloria" and "Speedo").

Carl Rainge (Parmaley Rainge) - Died
3-6-2011 in Columbus,TN, U.S. - Illness ( Doo-Wop ) He was 74 years old
- Singer - Was a member of The
Spaniels - (They did, "You're Gonna Cry," and "Peace Of Mind").

Mike
Starr (Michael Christopher Starr) - Found dead 3-8-2011 in Salt Lake
City, Utah, U.S. ( Grunge ) Born 4-4-1966 in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. - Bassist
and singer - Was a member of Diamond
Lie who became Alice In Chains
(They did, "It Ain't Like That" and "Confusion") - Worked with Sun
Red Sun (They did, "Final Curtain" and "Lock Me Up").

Bernard Lee (Bernard St. Clair Lee)
- Died 3-8-2011 in Lake Elsinore, CA, U.S. ( R&B ) Born 1944 in San
Francisco, CA, U.S. - Singer - Was a member of The
Hues Corporation (They did, "Freedom For The Stallion" and "Rock The
Boat").

Rita Guerrero - Died 3-11-2011 - Breast
cancer ( Rock ) She was 47 years old - Singer - Was a member of Santa
Sabina (They did, "El angel" and "La Daga").

Earl Murphy - Died 3-12-2011 - Heart
attack ( Western Swing ) Born 6-21-1917 in Saline County, Mo., U.S. - Fiddler
and guitarist - Worked with Strung Jury, The Normaltown Flyers and Southern
Crescent.

Glyn Thomas (aka Eddie G Marten) Died
3-?-2011 ( Rock ) He was 68 years old - Singer - Led Eddie G Marten And
The Falcons and The
Sabres.

Ritchie
Pickett (Ritchie Francis Pickett) - Died 3-13-2011 ( Country - Rock
) Born 2-16-1955 in Morrinsville, New Zealand - Singer, keyboardist and
guitarist - Led Snuff and Ritchie Pickett And The Inlaws - Was a member
of The Fat Band, Stingray Martini's Excellent Duckbeast, The Jones Boys
and The Disturbance - Worked with The Rattler, Graffiti and Think.

Big
Jack Johnson - Died 3-14-2011 in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. ( Blues )
Born 7-30-1940 in Lambert, Mississippi, U.S. - Singer and guitarist - Was
a member of Frank Frost And The Night Hawks, Big Jack Johnson And The Oilers
and The Jelly
Roll Kings (They did, "The Jelly Roll King" and "Catfish Blues").

Todd
Cerney - Died 3-14-2011 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. - Melanoma (
Rock - Country - Blues ) Born 8-8-1953 in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. - Sang
and played guitar, mandolin, harmonica and keyboards and was a sound engineer
- (Co-wrote Steve Holy's, "Good Morning Beautiful" and The Restless Heart's,
"I'll Still Be Loving You") - Worked with The Nashville Mandolin Ensemble,
Thom Shepherd And The Nashville Songwriters Band, The Dixie Chicks, Kenny
Rogers and Levon Helm - His songs have been recorded by Etta James, Aretha
Franklin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Four Tops, Ty Herndon and Cheap Trick.

Jet
Harris (Terence Harris) - Died 3-18-2011 in Winchester, England - Throat
cancer ( Rock - Jazz - Skiffle ) Born 7-6-1939 in Kingsbury, North London,
England - Played guitar and bass - (He did, "It Bites" and "Shot To Pieces")
- Was a member of The Drifters who became The
Shadows (They did, "Apache" and "Guitar Tango") - Worked with Tony
Crombie, The School Band, The
Vipers Skiffle Group, The Delinquents, The Most Brothers and Tony
Meehan.

Aashid
Himons (Archie P. Himons) (aka West Virginia Slim) - Died 3-19-2011
( Reggae - R&B - Blues ) He was 68 years old - (He did, "All I Have
To Do") - Was a member of The Unpredictable Parliaments, Little Archie
And The Majestics and Afrikan Dreamland.

Johnny
Pearson (John Valmore Pearson) - Died 3-20-2011 ( Pop - Jazz ) Born
6-18-1925 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England - Pianist - Worked with
The Rhythm Makers, The Malcolm Mitchell Trio, The Romance In Rhythm Orchestra,
The Peter York Concert Orchestra, Cilla Black and The Top Of The Pops Orchestra.

Syd Kitchen - Died 3-23-2011 in Durban
- Cancer - He was 60 years old - Singer and guitarist - He was half of
the duo, The Kitchen Brothers - Was a member of Harry Was A Snake, Equinox,
Syd Kitchen And The Utensils, Aquarian Quartet and The Flying Sombreros.

Ken Arcipowski - Died 3-23-2011 ( Rock
) Singer - Was a member of Jr. & The Counts, Randy
& The Rainbows (They did, "Denise" and "Little Star"), The Triangle,
Them And Us and Madison Street.

Mitch Dubey (Mitchell Dubey) - Died
3-24-2011 - Shot ( Punk ) He was 23 years old - Played bass, guitar, saxophone
and trumpet - Worked with Swear Jar, Musth and The Flaming Tsunamis.

Joe Taylor - Died 3-24-2011 ( Country
) He was 89 years old - Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, U.S. - Singer - Led The
Red Birds.

Bill
Griggs (William Frederick Griggs) - Died 3-29-2011 - Cancer - He was
69 years old - Born in Hartford, Conn., U.S. - Music historian - Created
Reminiscing and the Rockin' 50s magazines - Founded The International Buddy
Holly Memorial Society - He produced the first of 11 annual Buddy Holly
Conventions in Lubbock, Texas that reunited The Crickets for the first
time since Buddy Hollyís death - West
Texas Walk Of Fame Inductee.

Ray Herr - Died 3-29-2011 - Esophageal
cancer ( Rock ) He was 64 years old - Guitarist, bassist and singer - Was
a member of Ides
of March (They did, "Vehicle" and "Superman") - Worked with Second
Story and The Orphanage.

Barney Barnwell - Died 3-29-2011 in
Spartanburg, SC, U.S. ( Bluegrass - Rock ) He was 58 years old - Played
fiddle - Was a member of The Plum Hollow Band (They did, "Campbeller" and
"Who In The World Wants To Be A Hippie").

Dennis
Maitland (Dennis L. Maitland) - Died 4-1-2011 in New York, U.S. - He
was 80 years old - Sound mixer - Worked with Sarah Vaughn, The Beatles,
Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, Count Basie, Duke Ellington and Ella Fitzgerald
- Worked on the films, Up The Down Staircase, Mars Attacks!, Days Of The
Condor, The Prince Of Tides and Moonstruck.

Richard Patterson - Died 4-2-2011 -
Neurological disorder ( Pop ) Born 1944 - Drummer - Was a member of The
Esquires (They did, "So Many Other Boys" and "Cry Is All I Do"), Canada
Goose, The Children and 3's A Crowd.

Calvin
Russell (Calvert Russell Kosler) - Died 4-3-2011 in Garfield, Texas,
U.S. - Liver cancer ( Country ) Born 11-1-1948 in Austin, Texas, U.S. -
Singer and guitarist - (He did, "A Crack In Time" and "One Meat Ball")
- Was a member of The Cavemen.

Gil
Robbins (Gilbert Lee Robbins)- Died 4-5-2011 in Esteban Cantu, Mexico
- Prostate cancer ( Folk ) Born 4-3-1931 in Spokane, Washington, U.S. -
Singer and guitarist - Was a member of The Cumberland Three and The
Highwaymen - Father of actor, Tim
Robbins and husband of musician, Mary Robbins.

Matt The Batt (Matthew A. Calicoat)
- Died 4-6-2011 ( Punk ) He was 38 years old - Played synthesizer and theremin
- Was a member of The Dead
Vampires (They did, "City Of Vampires" and "Abra Cadaver").

Bill
Pitcock IV - Died 4-7-2011 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. - Cancer ( Pop
- Rock - R&B ) He was 58 years old - Guitarist - (He did, "Play What
You Mean" and "One Track Mind") - Worked with his father's band Billy Pitcock
And His Orchestra, The Mystery Band, The
Dwight Twilley Band ("I'm On Fire" and "Looking For The Magic"), Michelle
Brown, Phil Seymour ("Don't Blow Your Life Away") and Musicians Of Mass
Destruction.

Randy
Wood (Randolph Clay Wood) - Died 4-9-2011 in La Jolla, CA, U.S. - Complications
from injuries he received in a fall - Born 3-30-1917 or 1918 in Morrison
or McMinnville, TN, U.S. - Founder of Randy's Record Shop, Dot
Records and Ranwood Records - His record labels released recordings
by Pat Boone, Lawrence Welk, Billy Vaughn, Gale Storm, Tab Hunter, The
Del Vikings, The Fontane Sisters, The Surfaris and The Hilltoppers.

Phil Roberts - Died 4-10-2011- He was
49 years old - Cancer - Guitarist - Worked with Haunted Mary, The Fury,
Black Pearl and The Difference.

Billy
Bang (William Vincent Walker) - Died 4-11-2011 in Harlem, New York,
U.S. - Lung cancer? ( Jazz ) Born 9-20-1947 in Mobile, Alabama, U.S. -
Violinist - Was a member of The String Trio Of New York - Worked with Sun
Ra.

Jimmy Pagano - Died 4-17-2011 in Fort
Lauderdale, FL, U.S. - Stabbed while trying to stop a bar fight ( Rock
- Blues - Country ) He was 54 years old - Drummer and promoter - Worked
with The Untamed Band.

Eddie Burris (Roy Edward Burris) - Died
4-19-2011 in Tulsa, OK, U.S. - He was 79 years old - Born in Tulsa, OK,
U.S. - Drummer - (He co-wrote, "Okie
From Muskogee") - Worked with Merle Haggard in The Strangers.

Jim
Dickson - Died 4-19-2011 in Costa Mesa, CA, U.S. - He was 80 years
old - Born in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Producer - Managed The Byrds - Produced
The Dillards, The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Hillmen.

David Hebert (aka Bones) - Died 4-?-2011
in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. - Shot by police ( Metal ) Drummer - Was a member
of Tragos (They did, "Echos
Of Decay" and Life").

Gerard Smith (Gerard A. Smith) - Died
4-20-2011 ( Rock ) Lung cancer - He was 36 years old - Bassist, singer
and keyboardist - Was a member of TV
On The Radio (They did, "Second Song" and "No Future Shock").

Joe Pennell - Died 4-21-2011 - He was
66 years old - Guitarist - Was a member of The
Rivieras (They did, "California Sun").

Anne Bushnell (Anne Kavanagh) - Died
4-21-2011 ( Torch - Cabaret - Jazz - Folk ) She was 72 years old - Born
in South Dublin - Singer and actress - Appeared in the musicals, No Regrets
and Innish - Was a member of Family Pride - Worked with The RTE Light Orchestra,
Noel Kelehan, Jim Farley, Johnny Logan, The Jim Doherty Band, Joe Dolan
and Ronnie Drew - Mother of musician, Paul Bushnell and singer, Suzanne
Bushnell.

Hazel
Dickens (Hazel Jane Dickens) - Died 4-22-2011 ( Bluegrass ) Born 6-1-1935
in Mercer County, West Virginia, U.S. - Singer, double bassist and guitarist
- (She did, "You'll Get No More Of Me" and "It's Hard To Tell The Singer
From The Song") - She was half of the duo, Hazel And Alice (They did, "Pretty
Bird" and "My Better Years") - Her songs have been recorded by Dolly Parton,
Johnny Cash and Kathy Mattea - West
Virginia Music Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Huey
P. Meaux (aka The Crazy Cajun) - Died 4-23-2011 - Born 3-10-1929 in
Louisiana, U.S. - Recording studio owner and producer - Produced Barbara
Lynn, Big Sambo And The Housewreckers, The Triumphs, The Sir Douglas Quintet,
Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter and Sunny And The Sunliners.

Tom King - Died 4-23-2011 in Wickliffe,
Ohio, U.S. ( Rock ) He was 68 years old - Guitarist - Was a member of The
Starfires who became The
Outsiders (They did, "Time Won't Let Me" and "Girl In Love").

Dutch
Tilders (Matthew Tilders) - Australia's Godfather of the Blues
- Died 4-23-2011 in Melbourne, Australia - Lung cancer ( Blues ) Born 8-29-1941
in Nijmegen in The Netherlands - Sang and played guitar and harmonica -
Was a member of The Elks, The Cyril B Bunter Band, Mickey Finn and The
R&B Six - Worked with Kevin Borich, Taj Mahal, John Mayall, Sonny Terry,
Brownie McGhee and BB King.

Alf Hind - Died 4-27-2011 - Born 4-26-1933
in Darlington - Played cornet - Led The Alf Hind Big Band.

David
Mason - Died 4-29-2011 - Leukemia - Born in 1926 in London, England
- Played trumpet and flugelhorn - (Played on The Beatles, "Penny
Lane" and "A
Day In The Life") - Worked with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The
New Philharmonia Orchestra, The English Chamber Orchestra and The Covent
Garden Opera.

Deacon Anderson (James Anderson) - Died
4-30-2011 in Montgomery, TX, U.S. - He was 86 years old - Played steel
guitar - (He co-wrote, "Ragg-Mopp"
and "Red Hot Flame").

Hume Paton - Died 4-30-2011 - Heart
attack - On the Caribbean Island of Grenada ( Rock ) Born 10-6-1945 - Guitarist
- Was a member of The
Poets (They did, "Now We're Thruí" and "That's The Way It's Got To
Be").

Joe Hill - Died 4-?-2011 ( Do-Wop )
Singer - Was a member of The 4 Hearts, The
5 Dukes, Bennie Woods And The Rockin' Townies and The
Castaleers (They did, "My Baby's All Right" and "That's Why I Cry").

Speedy West (Gary West)- Died 5-2-2011
- Lung cancer- He was 58 years old - Born in Hollywood, CA, U.S. - Guitarist
- Was a member of Maya and The Clique.

Odell
Brown Jr. - Died 5-3-2011 in Richfield, Minn., U.S. - Born 1938 in
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. ( Soul - Jazz ) Keyboardist - (Co-wrote, "Sexual
Healing") - Led Odell Brown And The Organizers - Worked with Marvin Gaye,
Johnny Nash and Minnie Riperton - He had been married to musician, Barbara
Whiteman.

Kaz
Smith (Kenneth Smith) - Died 5-3-2011 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. - Brain
cancer - He was 43 years old - Was a music manager at DreamWorks SKG working
on films such as American Beauty, Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda.

Velzoe Brown - Died 5-4-2011 in Santa
Cruz ( Jazz ) Born 3-1-1910 in Nebraska, U.S. - Pianist and trombonist
- Was a member of The Pollyanna Syncopators and The Upbeats.

Nigel Pickering (Fredy Ray Pickering)
- Died 5-5-2011 in St. Augustine - Liver Cancer ( Pop - Rock ) Born 6-15-1930
in Pontiac, Mich., U.S. - Singer, bassist and guitarist - Was a member
of The Folksters and Spanky
And Our Gang (They did, "Sunday Will Never Be The Same" and "Like To
Get To Know You").

Swjatoslaw Zaderij - Died 5-6-2011 -
Hemorrhagic stroke - Born 6-30-1960 - Singer and bassist - Was a member
of Alisa and Nate.

John
Walker (John Joseph Maus) - Died 5-7-2011 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
- Liver cancer ( Pop ) Born 11-12-1943 in New York, NY, U.S. - Singer and
guitarist - (He did, "Annabella") - Was half of the duo John And Judy (They
did, "Bother Me Baby" and "You Can't Have My Love") and was a member of
John, Judy And The Newports, Judy And The Gents and The
Walker Brothers (They did, "The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore" and
"Make It Easy On Yourself") - At one time married to singer, Kathy Young.

Jesus Adolfo Rayos Otanos - Died 5-8-2011
in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico - Heart failure after being shot when his group
refused to play requests for a group of men - He was 30 years old - Played
clarinet - Was a member of Hermanos Baldenegro.

Dolores
Fuller (Dolores Eble) - Died 5-9-2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. -
Born 3-10-1923 in South Bend, Ind., U.S. - Actress and song writer - (She
co-wrote, "Rock-a-Hula Baby" and "Someone To Tell It To") - Her songs have
been recorded by Nat King Cole, Shelley Fabares, Terry Stafford, Peggy
Lee and Elvis Presley - Appeared in the Ed Wood films, Glen
Or Glenda and Jail
Bait.

Stanley Wright (aka Suleiman-Hakim)
- Found dead 5-10-2011 in Brownsville, Brooklyn, NY, U.S. - Stabbed ( Jazz
) He was 61 years old - Played bass, piano and drums - Father of actress,
N'Bushe Wright.

Zim
Ngqawana - Died 5-10-2011 in Johannesburg - After a stroke (
Jazz ) Born 12-25-1959 - Flautist and saxophonist - Was a member of Ingoma
- Worked with Hugh Masekela and Abdullah Ibrahim.

Norma
Zimmer (Norma Larsen) - The Champagne Lady - Died 5-10-2011
in Brea, CA, U.S. - Born 7-13-1923 in Larson, Idaho, U.S. - Singer - Was
a member of The Girl Friends Quartet who worked with Nat King Cole, Frank
Sinatra, Perry Como, Bing Crosby and Dean Martin - Worked with The
Norman Luboff Choir, The Ken Darby Singers and The Pete King Chorale -
Appeared on The Lawrence Welk Show for 22 years.

Jack
Richardson - Died 5-13-2011 - Born 7-23-1929 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Producer and double-bassist - Was a member of The Westernaires - Worked
with The Guess Who, Alice Cooper, The Irish Rovers, Bob Seger, Badfinger,
Rough Trade, Moxy, Poco, The Canadian Brass and Max Webster - Father of
music producer and engineer, Garth
Richardson.

Stanley Evans - Died 5-13-2011 ( Doo-Wop
) Singer - Was a member of The Guytones (They did, "Baby I Don't Care"
and "Your Heart's Bigger Than Mine").

Bob
Flanigan - Died 5-15-2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. - Congestive heart
failure ( Jazz - Pop ) Born 8-22-1926 in Greencastle, Indiana, U.S. - Sang
and played trombone and bass - Was a member of The Toppers who became The
Four Freshmen (They did, "It's A Blue World" and "Mood Indigo").

Sigidi
Abdullah - Died 5-?-2011 in Los Angeles, CA, U.S. ( Soul ) Born in
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. - (Wrote The SOS Band's, "Take Your Time (Do It
Right)").

M-Bone (Mante Ray Talbert) - Died 5-16-2011
in Inglewood, CA, U.S. - Shot ( Hip Hop ) He was 22 years old - Was
a member of Cali
Swag District (They did, "Teach Me How To Dougie" and "Where You Are").

James
Cooke (aka Curley) - Died 5-16-2011 - Cancer ( Rock - Blues )
Born 11-12-1944 in Wausau, Wis., U.S. - Guitarist - Was a member of The
Steve Miller Band (They did, "Sacrifice" and "You Send Me") - Worked
with Cooke And Green, James Cotton, Boz Skaggs, Mother Earth, Double Cookin
and Blues To Burn.

Sean
Dunphy - Died 5-17-2011 ( Showband ) Born 11-30-1937 - Singer - Was
a member of The Hoedowners (They did, "When The Fields Were White With
Daisies" and "Lonely Woods Of Upton") - Father of musician, Brian Dunphy
of The High Kings.

James Brown-Robinson - Died 5-17-2011
- Complications from cancer surgery ( Doo-Wop ) He was 78 years old - Singer
- Was a member of The Guytones (They did, "Your Heart's Bigger Than Mine"
and "You Won't Let Me Go").

Gary Dreyfuss - Died 5-19-2011 - Heart
attack ( Rock ) He was 59 years old - Singer and guitarist - Was a member
of Swami Gone Bananas.

Randy
Savage (aka Macho Man) (Randall Mario Poffo) - Died 5-20-2011 in Seminole,
Florida, U.S. - Car accident after a heart attack while driving ( Rap )
Born 11-15-1952 in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. - Wrestler for the WWF, the WCW
and TNA and was a singer - (He did, "Macho Thang" and "Tear It Up") - Professional
Wrestling Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Joseph
Brooks - Suicide by asphyxiation - Died 5-22-2011 in New York, NY,
U.S. ( Pop ) Born 3-11-1938 in New York, NY, U.S. - Pianist, screenwriter,
director and producer - (He wrote Debby Boone's, "You Light Up My Life")
- He also wrote jingles for Pepsi and Maxwell House.

Faye Treadwell (Fayrene Treadwell) (Fayrene
Lavern Johnson) - Died 5-22-2011 in Burbank - Complications of breast cancer
- Born 5-9-1926 in Okolona, Arkansas, U.S. - Was a manager for The Drifters
- Wife of music manager, George Treadwell.

Roger Franklin - Died 5-23-2011 ( Musicials
) He was 84 years old - Singer and actor - Appeared in Broadway's, West
Side Story, The
Vamp and Canterbury
Tales.

Don Allison (aka Donnie Allison) - Died
5-24-2011 - Cancer ( Rock ) He was 49 years old - Born in Wichita Falls
- Singer and guitarist - Was a member of Impeccable and The JDs - Worked
with The Nelsons ("I Don't Mind") and The P.J. Belly Blues Band.

Mikey Wild (Michael A. DeLuca) - Died
5-25-2011 in Philadelphia, PA, U.S. - Lung cancer ( Punk ) He was 56 years
old - Singer and guitarist - (He did, "I Was Punk Before You Were A Punk,
Punk" and "Die, Die, Die") - Worked with The Magic Lantern, The Mess and
Scareho.

Larry Kinley - Died 5-25-2011 in East
Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, U.S. ( Jazz ) He was 68 years old - Born in Evanston
- Singer - Worked with The Frank Vincent Trio - Appeared on TV's, The Uncle
Al Show and The Merv Griffin Show.

Jeff
Conaway (Jeffery Charles William Michael Conaway) - Died 5-27-2011
in Encino, CA, U.S. - Complications of pneumonia ( Rock ) Born 10-5-1950
in New York, NY, U.S. - Actor, singer and guitarist - (He did, "City Boy"
and "I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight") - Was a member of 3 1/2 who opened
for Herman's Hermits, The Young Rascals and The Animals - Worked with Vikki
Lizzi - Acted in the musical Grease
and portrayed Bobby Wheeler on TV's, Taxi.

Gil
Scott-Heron (Gilbert Scott-Heron) - Died 5-27-2011 in New York, NY,
U.S. - Illness ( Jazz - Funk ) Born 4-1-1949 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Singer, keyboardist, guitarist, poet and author - (He did, "Johannesberg"
and "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised") - Was a member of Black &
Blues - Worked witn Brian Jackson, Blackalicious and Ron Holloway.

Rainer Opiela - Died 5-27-2011 - Cancer
( Rock ) Born 9-26-1962 - Singer and flute player - Was a member of Seven
Boots. (They did, "Knife In My Back" and "Nothing To Say").

Paul Filben (Paul Joseph Filben Sr.)
- Died 5-28-2011 in Mobile, AL, U.S. - Born 5-18-1930 in Wheeling, WV,
U.S. - Played trumpet and was an activist for religious tolerance - Was
a member of The Flamingo Orchestra and Carnival - Worked with Bill Lagman
and Bob Schultz.

Ernestine
Mercer (aka Ernie Babe) - Died 5-29-2011 in Adams Township, PA, U.S.
- Illness ( Cabaret ) Born 3-24-1924 in Amarillo, Texas, U.S. - Singer
and actress - (She did, "Love For Sale) - Appeared in the musicals, "Gypsy"
and "No, No Nanette" - Acted in the film, 8 Heads In A Duffel Bag and on
TV's, The Young And The Restless, The Jeffersons and Punky Brewster.

Greg Clarke - Died 5-?-2011 in Sydney,
Australia - Possible heart attack - He was 50 years old - Was a tour manager
for Billy Thorpe and Rose Tattoo.

Rudy Williams (Rudolph Williams) - The
Mayor of Beale Street - Found dead 5-31-2011, he had been missing for
a week ( Jazz ) He was 70 years old - Trumpeter.

Mark Smith (Mark Heber Smith) - Died
5-31-2011 in Bethlehem, PA, U.S. ( Rock ) Born 1959 - Sang and played harmonica
- Was a member of The
Creatures Of The Golden Dawn (They did, "Arabat Row" and "Feels Like
The End Of The World").

Steve Schmidt (aka Sharkey) -
Died 6-?-2011 ( Doo-Wop ) He was 61 years old - Singer - Was a member of
Reunion (They did a version of, "Wonderful Tonight").

Frankie
Toler (David Frankie Toler) - Died 6-4-2011 in Bradenton - Illness
after a liver transplant ( Rock ) Born 6-28-1951 - Drummer - Was a member
of The Toler Bro's - Worked with Dickey Betts & Great Southern, The
Allman Brothers Band ("Straight From The Heart"), Gregg Allman ("Iím No
Angel"), Lynyrd Skynard, .38 Special and The Marshall Tucker Band - Brother
of guitarist, Dan Toler.

Gavin O'Connor - Died 6-4-2011 in Drogheda,
Ireland - Assaulted by a gang as they stole his car ( Rock ) He was 22
years old - Guitarist and singer - Was a member of Climax.

Mason Betz - Died 6-4-2011 - Drug overdose
( Rock ) He was 21 years old - Singer and guitarist - (He did, "Here We
Go Again") - Was a member of Talent By Mistake and Paul Revere.

Kevin
Kavanaugh (Kevin W. Kavanaugh) - Died 6-4-2011 - Illness ( Rock ) Born
11-27-1951 in West Orange, NJ, U.S. - Keyboardist and singer - Was a member
of Southside Johnny And The Asbury Jukes
(They did, "Hearts Of Stone" and "Love On The Wrong Side Of Town") - Worked
with The Disciples of Soul, The High Voltage Brothers, Joel Krauss, Bob
Burger, Marc Ribler, Billy Morris, Cats On A Smooth Surface, Harry Filkin
and Bobby Bandiera.

George Larvick (George W. Larvick) -
Died 6-6-2011 in Sioux Falls, SD, U.S. ( Rock ) He was 61 years old - Guitarist
- Was a member of Denny And The Triumphs, Patch
Of Blue (with Tommy Bolin) and The
Dodge Boys - Iowa Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Steve
Popovich - Died 6-8-2011 - Born 7-6-1942 in Nemacolin, PA, U.S.
- Record company executive - Was a VP for Columbia Records promotion who's
staff helped with the careers of Janis Joplin, Johnny Cash, It's
A Beautiful Day, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, Johnny Mathis, Mott
The Hoople, Johnny Winter and many others - Was a founder and President
for Cleveland International Records which released Meat Loaf's, Bat
Out of Hell album - National
Cleveland-Style Polka Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Jerry Mayo (Gennaro Meoli) - Died 6-10-2011
- Complications of a blood disorder ( Rock ) He was 76 years old - Played
trumpet - Was a member of Freddy
And The Bellboys (They did, "Giddy-Up-A-Ding-Dong" and a version of,
"Hound Dog").

Seth
Putnam (Seth Edward Putnam) - Died 6-11-2011 - Heart attack ( Grindcore
) Born 5-15-1958 in Boston, MA, U.S. - Singer and guitarist- Was a member
of Anal C*nt (aka AxCx and A.C.) (They did, "Jack Kevorkian Is Cool"
and "You're In A Coma") - Worked with Pantera and Executioner.

Anet Mook - Died 6-11-2011 in Amsterdam
- Hit by a train ( Rock ) Singer and guitarist - Was a member of Cay
(They did, "Neurons Like Brandy" and "Nature Creates Freaks").

Eduardo Gomes de Faria (aka Ravel)
- Died 6-?-2011 - He was 64 years old - Singer - He was half of the duo,
Dom And Ravel (They did, "Eu Te Amo meu Brasil" and "Voce tambem e Responsavel").

Carl
Gardner (Carl Edward Gardner Sr.) - Died 6-12-2011 in Port St. Lucie,
Florida, U.S. - After congestive heart failure and vascular dementia (
R&B ) Born 4-29-1928 in Tyler, Texas, U.S. - Singer - Was a member
of The Robins
(They did, "If Teardrops Were Kisses" and "I Must Be Dreamin") and The
Coasters (They did, "Charlie Brown" and "Yakety Yak") - Father of singer,
Carl Gardner Jr. - Rock
And Roll Hall Of Fame Inductee.

Mark Vaccacio (aka Farquar) - Died 6-15-2011
- Colon cancer ( Rock ) Born 7-18-1952 in the Bronx, NY, U.S. - Singer
and guitarist - Led Farquar And The Purple Gang (They did, "What It Takes
To Be In Love" and "Wasted") - He also protrayed George Harrison in the
tribute band, Strawberry
Fields and played John Lennon in the Broadway cast of Beatlemania.

Josie Jason - Died 6-15-2011 - Cancer
( Rock ) She was 49 years old - Guitarist and singer - Was a member of
Jimi The Human, Spectre 7, Angry Anderson, The Dirty Rats, Mother, Goddess
and Josie Jason And The Argonauts (They did, "It's Alright For You").

Harley
Gaber - Died 6-16-2011 in Gallup, New Mexico, U.S. - Suicide - Born
1943 in Chicago, Ill., U.S. - Composer, film maker and visual artist.

Calvin Scott Sr. - Died 6-17-2011 -
Born 1-6-1938 in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. - Singer and pianist - Was
a member of Clarence & Calvin And The Mello Men with Clarence Carter
and Calvin And The Blockbusters (They did, "A Sadness For Things" and "Shame
On The Family Name") - Worked with his son, Calvin Scott Jr.

Graeme Fitzsimons - Died 6-18-2011 -
Car accident ( Country ) He was 60 something years old - Singer - Worked
with his wife Janice (They did, "Why Me Lord" and "My Elusive Dreams")
- Father of guitarist, Daniel Fitzsimons of The Smiles.

Gustaf
Kjellvander (Jan Gustaf Lennart Kjellvander) - Died 6-18-2011 ( Rock
- Folk - Pop ) Born 1980 in Sweden - Singer - Was a member of Sideshow
Bob, Songs Of Soil (They
did, "Kelly" and "Jesus") and The
Fine Arts Showcase (They did, "Friday On My Knees" and "Chemical Girl")
- Worked with Ossler, The Radio Dept. and David & The Citizens.

James Morris East - Died 6-19-2011 -
Born 4-6-1942 - Musician - Was a member of The John Ford Band.

Simon
Brint - Died 6-?-2011 - He was 61 years old - Keyboardist and composer
- Was half of the duo, Raw Sex - Worked with Adrian Edmondson, Phill Jupitus,
Rowland Rivron and Neil Innes - Wrote music for TV's, Coupling, The Lenny
Henry Show, Stella Street and The Mary Whitehouse Experience.

Ottilie
Patterson (Anna Ottilie Patterson) - Died 6-20-2011 in Alloway ( Blues
- Jazz ) Born 1-31-1932 in Comber, County Down, Northern Ireland - Singer
- Was a member of The Muskrat Ramblers and The Chris Barber Jazz Band -
Worked with Jimmy Compton's Jazz Band.

Ken Coulbeck ( Kenneth Douglas Coulbeck)
- Died 6-20-2011 - After a fall ( Jazz ) He was 82 years old - Played trumpet
- Was a member of The Blue Star Swingtet and The Polygon Jazz Band.

Mike
Waterson (Michael Waterson ) - Died 6-22-2011 in Scarborough, North
Yorkshire ( Folk ) Born 1-17-1941 in Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Singer - Was a member of The
Watersons and Blue
Murder.

Kenny
Cheek (Kenneth Lewis Cheek) - Died 6-23-2011 in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma,
U.S. - Born 7-15-1946 in Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S. - Guitarist - Worked
with The Roger Tillisons Songdogs Band and The Ronnie Dunn Band.

Fred
Steiner - Died 6-23-2011 - Stroke - Born 2-24-1923 in New York, NY,
U.S. - Composer, conductor and orchestrator - (He wrote the theme for The
Rocky And Bullwinkle Show and "Park Avenue Beat" which was the theme song
for TV's, Perry Mason) - He also wrote music for TV's, Lost In Space, Dynasty,
The Twilight Zone and Amazing Stories - Father of singer, Wendy Waldman.

Goff
Richards (aka Godfrey Richards) - Died 6-25-2011 in Cheshire - Illness
- He was 66 years old - Born in Cornwall - Trombonist and composer - Was
a member of The Goff Richards Orchestra, The Syncopated Six, The Burnished
Brass, Percusssion Plus and The Arcadians - He wrote for The Swingle Singers,
The Kings Singers, The Huddersfield Choral Society, The London Brass, Benjamin
Luxon and Evelyn Glennie.

Byrd Foster (Ron Foster) - Died 6-30-2011
in Deltona, FL, U.S. - Liver cancer ( Rock ) He was 61 years old - Drummer
and singer - Was a member of The
Silencers (They did, "Shiver and Shake" and "Head On Collision"), The
Iron City Houserockers (They did, "I Should've Never Let You Go" and
"Girl Problems") and Red Hot & Blue - Worked with The Igniters, Bon
Ton Roulet, The Midnight Creepers and Roy Buchanan.

Jay Dee Springbett - Died 6-30-2011
in Sydney, Australia - Cardiac arrest - He was 36 years old - Was a Senior
Director of A&R for Sony Records working with Cassie Davis, Rogue Traders,
Karnivool and Jessica Mauboy - Was a judge for Australian Idol.

If you want to help people affected
by the Japan earthquake and tsunami, one of the ways you can do it is by
donating to The
American Red Cross.